Frida kahlo biography hayden herrera7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Pierced by a steel handrail and broken in many places, Frida entered a long period of convalescence during which she began to paint self-portraits. When she was nineteen, Frida's life was transformed when the bus in which she was riding was hit by a trolley car. ![]() Her father, a photographer, encouraged Frida's artistic interests, and her education at an elite school drew her to new ideas and to a group of irreverent radicals who would become some of Mexico's most respected intellectuals. Her early years were influenced by the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution and a bout with polio, but Frida remained spirited, resilient, and mischievous. Frida Kahlo (1907-54) was born in Mexico City, the child of a Mexican mother and a German father. In Frida, art historian Hayden Herrera vividly portrays of a woman of strength, talent, humor, and endurance. "A haunting, highly vivid biography." - Ms. ![]()
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